Lot 86 of 319:
Excavations at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, 1931  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$3,600
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500

Title:
Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Civilization: Being an official account of Archaeological Excavations at Mohenjo-daro carried out by the Government of India between the years 1922 and 1927

Author:
Marshall, John

Place:
London

Publisher:
Arthur Probsthain

Date:
1931

Description:

3 volumes. Vol. I: xxvii, [1], 364 pp., plates I-XIV, folding map & folding plan loose in rear endpaper pocket; Vol. II: xiii, [1], 365-716 pp.; Vol. III: xi, [1] pp., plates XV-CLXIV. The plates are from photographs (reproduced in collotype), drawings, maps, plans & other sources, some folding. (4to) 33.3x25 cm (13x9¾"), cloth stamped in gilt, original printed dust jackets. First Edition.

Important excavations at one of the key early civilizations. 

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Condition:
Jackets with some extremity wear, a few short tears, one long tear across front panel of Vol. I jacket neatly repaired with archival tape on verso; volumes with a few light corner bumps and extremity rubbing, offset to endpapers; near fine in very good jackets.


 
Item number:
318590
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